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That's coming from ignorance though. Checking leg kicks is to hurt your opponent. That's why you always hear someone saying Aldo is very susceptible to breaking his leg because of how hard he throws his kicks, which is exactly what happened to him against TKZ. The reason why you don't see it very often is because a lot of fighters don't check kicks and a lot of fighters don't have the power in their kicks.

I get that, and I understand that checking leg kicks is a vital aspect of any gameplan against someone with that kind of power. I guess my point was ultimately that this was a pretty shitty way to end a fight that had a lot more potential... especially given that this injury might be a career-ending one for Anderson.

Does anyone else think that Silva had an injury prior to this fight? Ive seen leg kicks checked thousands of times in both MMA and kickboxing; I have NEVER seen someones leg do that off of a checked kick..........that was fucking gruesome.

It`s actually due to physics... the kick was thrown with such force, that when iit connected at that specific angle, at the "weakest" spot, momentum carried the lower end beyond its flexibility point... causing that rubbery look to it... gruesome indeed...

Does anyone else think that Silva had an injury prior to this fight? Ive seen leg kicks checked thousands of times in both MMA and kickboxing; I have NEVER seen someones leg do that off of a checked kick..........that was fucking gruesome.